The Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region 5 is a single award contract with a potential value of $20,000,000 to Markit! Forestry Management LLC for hazardous fuels reduction and vegetation management services. The contract is a 100% total small business set-aside with a period of performance from July 27, 2020 through July 26, 2025.
Task orders will be issued under the contract by the Forest Service to conduct hazardous fuels reduction treatments on National Forests in Southern California, including the Cleveland, San Bernardino, Angeles, Los Padres, Sierra, and Sequoia National Forests. Work will involve hand and mechanical thinning, mastication, piling, tree felling, skidding, yarding, fire line construction and maintenance, snag felling, branch pruning, and hazard tree removal. The original solicitation sought multiple indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts for recurring vegetation management needs aimed at reducing wildfire risk and mitigating accumulated fuels in fire-impacted areas.